... to offload last season's AFC-leading rusher, Thomas Jones.

Previously, the rumors had the 'Hawks possibly trading disappointing WR Deion Branch straight up for the feature back. The trade made sense because the Jets had cut former No. 1 WR Laveranues Coles and had a need to fill a starting WR slot.

The National Football Post, as well as Yahoo Sports, have now stated that the Jets have placed a call to a NFC West team to gauge interest in acquiring Jones.

Now that doesn't mean it is automatically Seattle, but let's breakdown the current state of the rushing affairs within the division:

The St. Louis Rams have All-Pro, top rushing RB Steven Jackson. End of story.

The San Francisco 49ers have All-Pro RB Frank Gore. ...

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